About Brooklyn School of Excellence

Brooklyn School of Excellence is an independent K–12 school dedicated to developing academically capable, curious, creative, and confident learners.

Our educational model combines rigorous academics with individualized instruction, talent development, project-based learning, technology, arts, athletics, and real-world experiences.

Small classes allow our faculty to know students individually while providing the academic challenge, support, and opportunities necessary for each learner to progress.

Middle schoolers working on an AMC math paper

Accreditation & Institutional Recognition

Brooklyn School of Excellence is committed to maintaining high academic and institutional standards while providing students with an individualized K–12 educational experience.

Cognia Accredited • NYSED-Recognized Nonpublic School • Licensed Gifted & Talented Program

Our Key Facts and Features

Our five essential elements of learning are teacher guidance, hands-on activities, curiosity-driven learning, safe skill practice, and technology integration. Our school is a safe space where students can express themselves freely.

23 Classrooms
We have 23 spacious and well-equipped classrooms for our students
We Offer a Variety of Activities
We offer a wide range of activities, including sport, art, teams, and clubs.

A smiling preschooler by the classroom bookshelves

Mission

Our mission is to provide rigorous, individualized education that develops critical thinking, intellectual curiosity, creativity, independence, and confidence.

We believe education should help students understand not only what to learn, but how they learn, what they do well, and how they can use their abilities to contribute to the world around them.

Our Philosophy

Cogito Ergo Sum — “I think, therefore I am.”

Brooklyn School of Excellence believes that students become successful learners when they are challenged to think rather than simply memorize.

Our classrooms encourage students to question, investigate, analyze, create, communicate, and reflect.

A student with a chemistry book open at the periodic table

Our Goals

Our goals are simple: we want to be able to provide a learning opportunity for all students. Each student will have a chance to develop a talent further.

Promote critical thinking and reasoning abilities.

Develop and expand thinking skills.

Utilize differentiated strategies for learning.

Build or extend cognitive language skills.

Facilitate opportunities for learning.

Virtual School Tour

Two preschoolers reading at a classroom table

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After School Program & Chess Program
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Science Laboratory
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Music and Vocal Rooms
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Ballet /Dance Ballroom
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Library and Performance Space
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Playground and Sport Facilities

School Video

Watch the school video on YouTube

A Letter from the Principal

Dear Families,

Welcome to Brooklyn School of Excellence, a community where your constructive involvement makes a difference.

Whether volunteering in a classroom or helping your child with academics, your efforts directly impact daily life in our school. We hope that, over time, you will love being part of our community.

Through careful observation and thoughtful conversation, our staff, families, and students work together to navigate today’s complex and shifting educational landscape.

We invite you to find unique ways to contribute to this process. Our children are always watching us; so much of their learning takes place in subtle ways. They learn from our attitudes and our actions, as well as from our words. That is why, as adult community members, we all do our best to treat each other with kindness and consideration.

We work to balance our needs and wishes with those around us. This way, we become a community that values individual success and collective well-being.

We understand that by upholding these values as adults, we are creating an environment that will encourage our children to do the same. Indeed, this is an ambitious undertaking but a worthwhile one.

Welcome to the family!

With Love, Nicky Yakhyaeva